The New York times featured each of the past 10 deadliest mass shootings on its front page for an entire week, and the lethality or shock value of the tragedy can extend the coverage of the event (8). The sensationalism of mass shooting events combined with a 24-hour news cycle and social media results in extensive and pervasive coverage of graphic content. Mass Shootings in US 2022 – January 1 – August 16 The Problem Media Coverage of Mass Violence The map below depicts the number of mass shootings in the United States from January 1, 2022, through August 16, 2022. According to the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to compiling data on gun-related violence, there have been 418 mass shootings in the United States with at least one mass shooting each week since the beginning of 2022. When expanding the data to include mass shootings that did not result in a fatality, mass shooting rates become staggering. During the first half of 2022, there were eight mass murders and 56 fatalities (16). In 2011, that average decreased to one mass murder every 64 days (7). From 1982 to 2011, there was an average of one mass murder every 172 days. The United States has experienced a dramatic increase in mass murder occurrences in recent years. The government defines mass murder as “3 or more killings in a single incident” in a public place (19).
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